{"conversationCode":"040-008","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-008","startDateTime":"1973-06-11T18:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-11T18:55:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1973","startTime":"2:55 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1973","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 40-8\n\nDate: June 11, 1973\nTime: 2:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 444-6]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["040-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-007","nextCode":"040-009","transcript":[{"start":5.23,"end":6.14,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for a subsequent discussion between the two men regarding national security affairs or ongoing foreign policy developments. No further substance is provided in the recording, marking the connection as a routine logistical exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communications","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:56:47.440Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-008.mp3","bytes":409600,"durationSec":12.72,"bitrate":257610,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}